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The first Atlas V to launch from the West Coast at SLC-3E.
Vandenberg Air Force Base's Space Launch Complex 3 (SLC-3) was the first[citation needed] launch platform for the Atlas rocket system. SLC-3 consists of two pads, -3E and -3W, and was built in the early 1960s. Unlike Cape Canaveral, which uses a North-South coastline to make over-ocean launches into standard orbits, the East-West coastline at Vandenberg allows SLC-3 to launch over-ocean polar trajectories that avoid landfall until passing over Antarctica.
It was reported in 2003 that SLC-3E would be overhauled to serve as a launch platform for the Atlas V rocket after plans to build two Delta IV launch platforms were put on hold.[1] The first Atlas V launch took place at 10:02 GMT on 2008-03-11.[2]
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